EP2039144A4 - Method and apparatus for billing data services - Google Patents

Method and apparatus for billing data services

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Publication number
EP2039144A4
EP2039144A4 EP07784296A EP07784296A EP2039144A4 EP 2039144 A4 EP2039144 A4 EP 2039144A4 EP 07784296 A EP07784296 A EP 07784296A EP 07784296 A EP07784296 A EP 07784296A EP 2039144 A4 EP2039144 A4 EP 2039144A4
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EP
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Prior art keywords
data services
billing data
billing
services
data
Prior art date
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Withdrawn
Application number
EP07784296A
Other languages
German (de)
French (fr)
Other versions
EP2039144A2 (en
Inventor
Stewart Barker
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AT&T Intellectual Property I LP
Original Assignee
AT&T Knowledge Ventures LP
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Publication of EP2039144A2 publication Critical patent/EP2039144A2/en
Publication of EP2039144A4 publication Critical patent/EP2039144A4/en
Withdrawn legal-status Critical Current

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Classifications

    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04L—TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04L12/00—Data switching networks
    • H04L12/02—Details
    • H04L12/14—Charging, metering or billing arrangements for data wireline or wireless communications
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06Q—INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • G06Q20/00—Payment architectures, schemes or protocols
    • G06Q20/08—Payment architectures
    • G06Q20/10—Payment architectures specially adapted for electronic funds transfer [EFT] systems; specially adapted for home banking systems
    • G06Q20/102—Bill distribution or payments
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06Q—INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • G06Q30/00—Commerce
    • G06Q30/04—Billing or invoicing

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  • Business, Economics & Management (AREA)
  • Accounting & Taxation (AREA)
  • Finance (AREA)
  • Development Economics (AREA)
  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • General Business, Economics & Management (AREA)
  • Strategic Management (AREA)
  • Economics (AREA)
  • Theoretical Computer Science (AREA)
  • Marketing (AREA)
  • Computer Networks & Wireless Communication (AREA)
  • Signal Processing (AREA)
  • Data Exchanges In Wide-Area Networks (AREA)
  • Meter Arrangements (AREA)
EP07784296A 2006-06-13 2007-06-04 Method and apparatus for billing data services Withdrawn EP2039144A4 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US11/423,882 US8285650B2 (en) 2006-06-13 2006-06-13 Method and apparatus for billing data services
PCT/US2007/070334 WO2007146646A2 (en) 2006-06-13 2007-06-04 Method and apparatus for billing data services

Publications (2)

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EP2039144A2 EP2039144A2 (en) 2009-03-25
EP2039144A4 true EP2039144A4 (en) 2011-04-06

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EP07784296A Withdrawn EP2039144A4 (en) 2006-06-13 2007-06-04 Method and apparatus for billing data services

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US (3) US8285650B2 (en)
EP (1) EP2039144A4 (en)
CA (1) CA2650261A1 (en)
WO (1) WO2007146646A2 (en)

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Title
Statement in accordance with the Notice from the European Patent Office dated 1 October 2007 concerning business methods (OJ 11/2007; p572f) The claimed subject matter, with due regard to the description and drawings, relates to processes comprised in the list of subject matter and activities excluded from patentability under Art.52(2) and (3) EPC. The applicant is advised that in accordance with the established practice of the EPO, no search need be performed in respect of those aspects of the claimed invention. The only identifiable technical aspects of the claimed invention relate to the use of conventional, general-purpose data processing technology for processing data of an inherently non-technical nature. The information technology employed is considered to have been generally known as it was widely available to everyone at the date of filing/priority of the present application. The notoriety of such prior art cannot reasonably be contested. No documentary evidence was therefore *

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US20120327809A1 (en) 2012-12-27
WO2007146646A2 (en) 2007-12-21
US20130250800A1 (en) 2013-09-26
CA2650261A1 (en) 2007-12-21
US8473426B2 (en) 2013-06-25
US8620833B2 (en) 2013-12-31
US20070288366A1 (en) 2007-12-13
WO2007146646A3 (en) 2009-02-05
EP2039144A2 (en) 2009-03-25
US8285650B2 (en) 2012-10-09

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